Music

20th November 2009. We know, we know, we should've made a soundtrack album by now, but we've just been so busy with Indie Screenings and Global Premieres and 10:10 and on and on.... It's coming, really it is. We've already done most of the work getting the tracks licensed and mastered and all that... But for now, all we can offer are these notes and audio samples.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> Jazz Club Scene = Here's to Life by Betty ShirleyNew Orleans local Rob Davis set-up his complete recording studio into the back of the Spotted Cat night club to record 24 channels of Betty Shirley and her band for the jazz club scene. A brilliant job he did too. More about the jazz gig recording.

Betty Shirley + her band + film & recording crews

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-> End Montage of Doc Characters = Real Thing by The Band of Holy JoyThe song featured in the round-up of all the doc characters is "Real Thing" from the album "Love Never Fails" by The Band of Holy Joy. Interesting fact 1: the same track was used in the climactic scene in Franny's previous doc McLibel and they couldn't beat it for Stupid. Interesting fact 2: The song was actually written about Franny, as she was going out with the band's singer/lyricist, Johny Brown, at the time.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> End Credits = Reckoner by RadioheadHad our hearts set on this one and Radiohead are well-known for being into climate change... so we were obviously delighted when they donated this track to the film. And then Thom Yorke played live at our Global Premiere too, what a star:

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> Animation of singing water bottles = Bottle Song by Alfie Thomas & Louise Kleboe There was only one man to turn to when Franny decided she needed a song for some singing water bottles, "like the potatoes in the old Smiths Crisps adverts". Alfie Thomas duly roped in his kids and some of their friends to be the bottles.

Existing tracks bought in

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> Jamila and Adnan lug bags of shoes to market = These Boots Are Made For Walking As soon as David the Editor used this track in this scene, we absolutely had to have it. Nancy Sinatra wouldn't let us use her version, so Franny's friend Rob Hacker from super-cool indie pop band Morton Valence sang the vocals over Chris's backing track. Only problem is that Paul and Chris did such a good job that everyone thinks it actually is the Nancy version and then gets surprised when a bloke starts singing. Interesting fact: Morton Valence used Stupid's crowd-funding model to fund their new album.